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| George K | Mar 20 2012, 06:42 PM Post #1 |
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http://gizmodo.com/5893585/is-this-insane-low-pass-flyby-the-craziest-thing-youre-going-to-see-today-most-probably-yes Is This Insane Low Pass Flyby the Craziest Thing You’re Going To See Today? Most Probably Yes I thought this was the craziest low pass flyby ever, but obviously I was mistaken. After all, what you're seeing here is not a small fighter jet but a B-52 Stratofortress almost kissing the sea while flying by USS Ranger aircraft carrier. ![]() Look at the size of that thing and its altitude. That beast is a 265,000-pounds and 185-foot wingspan of a mother—still the backbone of the United States bomber fleet thanks to its amazingly good performance and low cost. This image was taken in 1990 in the Persian Gulf. US carriers and B-52s were conducting joint exercises when two of the bombers requested permission for a low pass. While it's a high altitude bomber, the B-52s also fly at low altitudes to avoid enemy radar and air defenses. When the B-52s approached the carrier, they announced they were six miles away but the carrier controllers couldn't see them because they weren't looking down. I wish there was a video. I imagine it looked pretty much like this, but much cooler. |
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A guide to GKSR: Click "Now look here, you Baltic gas passer... " - Mik, 6/14/08 Nothing is as effective as homeopathy. I'd rather listen to an hour of Abba than an hour of The Beatles. - Klaus, 4/29/18 | |
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| big al | Mar 21 2012, 05:58 AM Post #2 |
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A couple of quotes from my all-time favorite movie, Dr. Strangelove,...
When I lived in Australia, B-52s based on Okinawa flew training missions over the Australian outback. I was told they frightened a lot of kangaroos, dingos, and sheep and probably fried a few of them, too. I was inside a B-52 during an ANG open house on the base adjacent to the Greater Pittsburgh International Airport. It's still a damn impressive flying machine. Thank God and the United States Air Force that it has never been called upon to deliver the nuclear weaponry it is capable of carrying. Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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| Buck | Mar 21 2012, 06:08 AM Post #3 |
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Give Charley and Elmo a blast. Bump everything up to condition red. |
| Gee. I wish I had one of them Doomsday machines. | |
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| big al | Mar 21 2012, 07:43 AM Post #4 |
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Don't see you around here much, General. Miss Scott must be requiring a lot of your attention.![]() Big Al |
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Location: Western PA "jesu, der simcha fun der man's farlangen." -bachophile | |
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